Textbook Inventory Using Holt Biology

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Use your textbook to answer the following questions.

Part I. Parts of your Book

1. What area of science is this book about?
2. How many units and chapters are in this book?
3. What is the title of Chapter 2?
4. Where could you look to find the pages giving information about endocytosis?
5. Locate Chapter 9 in the table of contents. What are the three sections for this chapter?

6. What two main types of reproduction are covered in Section 1 of Chapter 11.

7. What is the title of Section 2 of Chapter 17?

8. Careers in Biology are located at the beginning of each Unit. What is the career
listed for Unit 3?
9. Where would you find the definition of the term photosynthesis?

Part II. Understanding Main Ideas and New Terms

10. Many terms in science have Latin or Greek word parts. On the back of the first page
you can find many of the commonly used word parts. What does cytology mean?
11. The Word Origins section of the Appendix is a larger listing of root words. Go to
page 1047 and list the meaning for the two root words in chromosome.
12. Each chapter starts with a page called the READING TOOLBOX. It contains a variety of tools that will help you better
understand the content of the chapter. Use the Toolbox for Chapter 21 to answer the next three questions.
a. Look at the Using Word section and tell what a pseudopod helps an organism do.
b. Answer question 1 of the Using Language section.
c. Which organizer is recommended in the Using Graphic Organizers section.
13. Key Ideas and Key Terms are list at the beginning of each section. How many Key
Ideas and Key Terms are listed for Section 2 of Chapter 12?
14. When a Key Term is presented, it appears in boldfaced type. A new term is usually
defined in the sentence in which it appears boldfaced. Turn to page 224. Which of
the boldfaced terms on this page is defined as a structure made of a histone core and
the DNA around it?

15. When a Key Idea is explained within a section it is presented in a different font that is boldfaced, and begins with the > symbol.
What is the answer to the first Key Idea listed for Section 3 of Chapter 12?

16. Another feature found at the beginning of each section is the Why It Matters statement. This gives at least one reason why the
section may interest you. List the first sentence for the Why It Matters for Section 1 of Chapter 6?

17. When reading a section you will periodically encounter a > Reading Check. These questions give you an opportunity to verify
that you understood what you just read. What is the answer to the >Reading Check on page 84?

18. Quick Labs appear within most sections of this book. These short labs can be easily
completed during a class period and are categorized as Inquiry, Hands-On, or Data.
What is the title of the Quick Lab in Section 2 of Chapter 9?
19. The Laboratory at the end of each chapter provides a hands-on lab experience in
which you can explore a major topic from each chapter. How many objectives are
listed for the Chapter 8 Lab?
20. Many of the new terms are phonetically spelled so you will know how to pronounce
them. The phonetic spelling can be found within margin of a new term and/or in the
glossary. Turn to the glossary in the back of the book. What is the phonetic spelling
for the term osmosis?

Part III. Reviewing Important Ideas and Terms

21. To help you study, your text has review questions after each chapter section. These
Section Reviews provide you with an immediate review of the chapter sections you
have just finished studying. Find all of the Section Reviews for Chapter 13. On what
pages are they located?
22. The chapter Summary appears at the end of each chapter and lists Key Ideas and
Key Terms for each section. Listed after the Key Terms is the page within the
chapter where that term is defined. Go to the Chapter 20 Summary. On which page
can you find information about conjugation?
23. At the end of each chapter of your text you will find the Chapter Review. It is
divided into many types of review questions. How many questions does the
Interpreting Graphics part of the Chapter 32 Review have?

Part IV. Extending Your Understanding of Biology

24. Throughout the book, Interact Online markers located on many illustrations. They
indicate that an animated, interactive version of the diagram is available online. What
is the keyword that you would type into your browser to view the animate Electron
Transport Chain on page 211?
25. SciLinks lets you use the Internet to link to interesting topics and activities related to
a section of your book. What is the topic for the SciLinks on page 104?
26. The UpClose feature takes a detailed look at an organism, or one of its parts. These
are listed on page xxi of the table of contents. Look at the UpClose for the earthworm
and list its maximum size.
27. The Classification portion of the Appendix presents a broad overview of how life is
organized into Domains and Kingdoms. How many Kingdoms are in the domain
Eukarya?
Textbook Inventory Using Holt Biology